Bonnie, our resident nutrition expert, recently sent the following advice to a concerned Mom. Queen Scarlett, a 10-yr-old puppy mill survivor now happily living in her Colorado forever home, needs a dental.
Anytime our kids require a medical procedure, especially anesthesia, we are concerned. A first step is to check out Mary Straus' list of pre- and post-op recommendations:
http://www.dogaware.com/misc.html#opcare
Here's a link to one section of an excellent series of articles on dentals by either Nancy Campbell and/or Christie Keith both of whom are on the K9 Nutrition Yahoo list and are awesomely helpful ladies!
http://vettechs.blogspot.com/2005/08/beginning-of-dental.html
Remember that Acepromazine aka ACE is not recommended to be used with terriers as instead of being a calmative it often has an opposite reaction. ACE is not an anesthetic so it may not be considered for usage but some vets use it either before or after.
Since Scarlett may lose one or more teeth, post-procedure, I'd either offer her canned food or feed things like baby food meat the first couple of meals, then you can go to scrambled eggs with cheese for a couple of meals. By then you can probably give her cooked, shredded chicken or you can make her cooked ground beef or ground turkey with way overcooked rice (use double the normal amount of water when cooking the rice and cook it for double the normal time). Then you may start to add kibble back into her meals and if it'sa largish kibble you can beat it to death with a hammer or put it in the blender (but it'll be loud).
I hope Bonnie's advice and the other resources are helpful if your Terreirorist faces a similar procedure! Stay calm while you're waiting for the Vet's office to call with results; post lots to CRM if you need our support! Let us know when your Baby is safely home.
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